"NIOBE in Distress for her Children slain by APOLLO, from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book VI. and from a view of the Painting of Mr. Richard Wilson"
By Phillis Wheatley

Transcription, correction, editorial commentary, and markup by Students of Marymount University, James West, Amy Ridderhof
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London : Printed for A. Bell, 1773Page images are sourced from two copies of the first edition housed in the Library of Congress.Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative, 1999Online SGML text from the University of Michigan HTI. SGML markup edited to conform to LiC parameters, including changes to element and attribute case, ligatures, and other special html characters.

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Wheatley, Phillis. "NIOBE in Distress for her Children slain by APOLLO, from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book VI. and from a view of the Painting of Mr. Richard Wilson". Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, Printed for A. Bell, 1773 , pp 101-113 . Literature in Context: An Open Anthology. http://anthology.lib.virginia.edu/work/Wheatley/wheatley-distress. Accessed: 2025-01-30T21:22:16.01Z

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101 NIOBE in Distress for her Children slain by APOLLO, from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book VI. and from a view of the Painting of Mr. Richard Wilson. 1APOLLO's wrath to man the dreadful spring 2Of ills innum'rous, tuneful goddess, sing! 3Thou who did'st first th' ideal pencil give, 4And taught'st the painter in his works to live, 5Inspire with glowing energy of thought, 6What Wilson painted, and what Ovid wrote. 7Muse! lend thy aid, nor let me sue in vain, 8Tho' last and meanest of the rhyming train! 9O guide my pen in lofty strains to show 10The Phrygian queen, all beautiful in woe. 11'Twas where Maeonia spreads her wide domain 12Niobe dwelt, and held her potent reign: 13See in her hand the regal sceptre shine, 14The wealthy heir of Tantalus divine,
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_auth1This Verse to the End is ther Work of another Hand. [Wheatley's note.]